NCS Intercepts 3 Bulletproof Cars at Seme Border

The Area Controller, Victor Dimka, a Comptroller said on Tuesday that the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Seme Command, has seized three bulletproof cars with a Duty Paid Value of N76million.
Dimka said this while briefing newsmen in Lagos, Tuesday.
He disclosed that the cars have been handed over to the Department of State Security Service, for further investigation.
He noted that individuals who want to import bulletproof cars into the country must first get clearance from the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA).
“The command seized three bulletproof cars with a Duty Paid Value of N76million and this was done through intelligence gathering by officers of the command.
“A particular bulletproof car, which was a 2012 Mercedes C300, was intercepted at the Gbaji area of Badagry and it had an official plate number of FG 35 S02.
“Due process must be followed in the importation of bullet-proof cars and the process is that the individual must apply to the ONSA and if it is approved, the office would send an approval certificate to the NCS and the individual would be allowed.
“All the cars that were seized have been handed over to the Department of State Security Service, for further investigation,” he said.
The Area Controller daid hence it will be fire for fire as he warned that any further attack by smugglers on its officers would no longer be condoled
“A situation where officers performing their legitimate duties are always ambushed and maimed with dangerous weapons would no longer be accepted or tolerated.
“Enough is enough. We are backed up by law so we are carrying out our legitimate duties by working to stem smuggling, so we are ready for war over this matter.
“Smuggling is dangerous to the economy, so anyone involved in it is considered as an enemy of the nation.
“We have upgraded ourselves and we have everything we need, so people should desist from smuggling or be ready to face the full wrath of the law,” Dimka said.
The NCS Comptroller said that all revenue loopholes have been effectively blocked.